Texas Instruments Software Engineer interview experience

It began with the usual introduction and then moved into my resume and projects. After that, they asked operating system questions, and then I was given a coding problem.

For the coding portion, they wanted it implemented in C. I asked to use C++ instead, and they allowed me to do the solution in C++ without relying on built-in functions. That part caught my attention because it wasn’t just about writing code—it was about doing it in a controlled way where the intent and fundamentals mattered.

Overall it felt like a fair mix of systems knowledge and hands-on implementation. I didn’t get an